A pair of lookalikes, one a former French aristocrat and the other an alcoholic English lawyer, fall in love with the same woman amidst the turmoil of the French Revolution..
Is it worth your time? If you have a soft spot for 1930s studio sets that look like they were built out of cardboard and pure ambition, then yes. Watch it. If you need snappy pacing or can't handle actors who speak like they are projecting to the back row of a cathedral, skip it and maybe revisit Anne of Green Gables f...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
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"Is it worth your time? If you have a soft spot for 1930s studio sets that look like they were built out of cardboard and pure ambition, then yes. Watch it. If you need snappy pacing or can't handle actors who speak like they are projecting to the back row of a cathedral, skip it and maybe revisit Anne of Green Gables for something a bit lighter. Ronald Colman is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. He plays both Sydney Carton and Charles Darnay, and honestly, the way he switches between them is t..."
W.P. Lipscomb, Thomas Carlyle, Mademoiselle des Écherolles, S.N. Behrman, M. Cléry, Charles Dickens, M. Nicholas
United States
Romance, History, Drama
